You have asked whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under
chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 126094.

The City of Duncanville, which you represent, received a request for investigation information
concerning a possible Hepatitis A outbreak. You assert that the requested information is
excepted from disclosure by section 552.101 of the Government Code in conjunction with
section 81.046 of the Health and Safety Code, which provides, in part:

(a) Reports, records, and information furnished to a health authority or the
department that relate to cases or suspected cases of diseases or health
conditions are confidential and may be used only for the purposes of this
chapter..

(b) Reports, records, and information relating to cases or suspected cases of
diseases or health conditions are not public information . .

Based upon your representations to this office that the responsive information was furnished
to the Texas Department of Health as information relating to a suspected cased of disease,
we agree that the records are confidential under the provisions of section 81.046.

We are resolving this matter with an informal letter ruling rather than with a published open
records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records at issue under the facts
presented to us in this request and should not be relied upon as a previous determination
regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling, please contact our
office.